July 27 – The Thai national team is in Group C, joins South Korea, China, (Singapore-Guam) to qualify for the Asian World Cup, round 2, starting with the first match against China on November 16, 2023.
On July 27, 2023 at 3:20 p.m. at the AFC House, the Asian Football Confederation or AFC held a draw ceremony for the 2026 World Cup qualifying round, Asian zone round 2.
The results of the lottery are as follows:
Group A: Qatar, India, Kuwait, (Afghanistan-Mongolia)
Group B: Japan, Syria, North Korea, (Myanmar-Macau)
Group C: South Korea, China, Thailand, (Singapore-Guam)
Group C. D: Oman, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, (Taiwan – Timor Leste)
Group E: Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, (Hong Kong – Bhutan)
Group F: Iraq, Vietnam, Philippines, (Indonesia-Brunei)
Group G: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Tajikistan, (Cambodia-Pakistan)
Group H: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, (Yemen-Sri Lanka), (Nepal-Laos PDR).
Group I: Australia, Palestine, Lebanon, (Maldives-Bangladesh),
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Asian Zone round 2 will be a home-away match, a total of 6 matches, with the program as follows:
Matchday 1 – November 16, 2023, the Thai national team meets China
Matchday 2 – November 21, 2023 (Singapore-Guam) meets the Thai national team
Matchday 3 – Day 21 March 2024 South Korea meets Thai national team
Matchday 4 – March 26, 2024 Thai national team meets South Korea
Matchday 5 – June 6th, 2024 China meets Thai national team
Matchday 6 – On June 11, 2024, the Thai national team meets (Singapore-Guam).
The second qualifying round will lead the group champions. and group runners-up, a total of 18 teams from 9 groups, qualified for the third qualifying round and have the right to go to the final round of the 2027 Asian Cup
In the 2026 World Cup qualifying round, the Asian zone round 3 will be divided into 3 groups, each group has 6 teams, competing in a meeting (home-away) again and bringing the champion team and the runner-up group totaling 6 teams to win the right. Play in the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals in Canada, USA and Mexico.
As for the 3rd and 4th place teams of each group, a total of 6 teams will be divided into two groups of 3 teams each and compete in a meeting. (One match ends, find the host) and lead each group champion. Qualified to play in the World Cup finals for two other nations.
The 2nd place of each group must meet. home-away style which the winner will have the right to play off with teams from other continents to win tickets to the World Cup according to the quota of 8.5 nations of Asia .-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency